Costumer designer Kathleen Hotmer received top honors for her design of Taming of the Shrew, and 11 other Sinclair actors, directors and designers received honorable mentions. Florence reviewed 75 productions this season including professional, touring, community and collegiate and chose 4 or 5 outstanding finalists in each category. His schedule prohibited him from reviewing Sinclair's one-weekend-only production of A Plague of Angels.

Florence's top picks include:

BEST COLLEGIATE PRODUCTION OF A PLAYIntimate Apparel, Sinclair Community College

BEST COLLEGIATE PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL
Godspell, Sinclair Community College

BEST LEADING ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Marva M.B. Williams as Esther Mills, Intimate Apparel

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Catherine Collins as Mrs. Dickson, Intimate ApparelM/p>

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Kelli Locker as Herself, Godspell

BREAKTHROUGH FEMALE PERFORMANCE
Hayley Penchoff as Katherina, The Taming of the Shrew

BEST DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL
Kimberly Borst, Godspell

BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A PLAY
Chris Harmon, Intimate Apparel
Terry Stump, The Taming of the Shrew

BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Terry Stump, Godspell
BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A PLAY
Kathleen Hotmer, The Taming of the Shrew